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Oral presentation skills
The document provides guidance on developing effective oral presentation skills. It recommends planning the presentation by identifying the audience and objectives, determining the time available, and developing the content to be presented. Preparation involves outlining the presentation, creating slides with minimal text and clear graphics, and practicing multiple times to refine the delivery. When presenting, speakers should speak loudly and clearly, maintain eye contact with the audience, and watch the time to stay within limits. They should also be prepared to answer questions by having additional materials and being willing to acknowledge if an answer is unknown.
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- 2. Oral Presentation Skills Outline Planning Preparation Practice Performance Questions
- 3. Planning Whoare you talking to? Why are you talking to them? How long have you got? What story are you going to tell?
- 4. Preparation Outlineand sketch slides Prepare slides Proof read Prepare notes - brief keywords and phrases, except maybe first couple of paragraphs
- 5. Preparation - Outline 1 - 2 minutes per slide Generic 15 min Conference Presentation Title Slide (1) Title, author, affiliation, acknowledgements Rationale (1-2) Why this is interesting Methods (1-2) What you did Results (2-4) What did you find and what does it mean Summary (1) One thing you want them to remember
- 6. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Relevant images communicate, and maintain interest
- 7. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers
- 8. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background
- 9. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds
- 10. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Helvetica or Arial rather than serif fonts like Times 24 pt is minimum, 32 pt, or even 36 pt is better
- 11. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mix upper and lower case ALL CAPITALS IS HARDER TO READ, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE OK FOR THE ODD TITLE
- 12. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mix upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Use high contrast colours for important lines, symbols or text, and lower contrast colours for less important lines, symbols or text. But use a small number of colours
- 13. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple
- 14. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple Thick lines and large symbols
- 15. 20 15 r= 0.89 units) (10 Axis Y 5 0 20 30 40 50 60 70 Participant 2 X Axis (units)
- 16. Preparation - Slides Use Images Graphics Minimise text numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple Thick lines and large symbols Progressive disclosure
- 17. Practice Practice, practice,practice Get feedback, and use it. Be ruthless - delete unnecessary information
- 18. Performance Don’t Apologise Speak loudly clearly Use short simple sentences Avoid jargon abbrev. Vary pitch, tone, volume, speed and pauses
- 19. Performance Avoid distractingmannerisms Relax, be enthusiastic Make eye contact Keep an eye on the time remaining
- 20. Performance Explain figures,and point to important aspects Give a clear and concise summary, then stop. Don’t go overtime. Ever.
- 21. Questions Anticipate likelyquestions and prepare extra slides with the answers Maybe even plant a stooge
- 22. Questions Paraphrase questions 1. so that other people hear the question
- 23. Questions Paraphrase questions 1. so that other people hear the question 2. to check you understand the questions
- 24. Questions Paraphrase questions 1. so that other people hear the question 2. to check you understand the questions 3. to stall while you think about an answer
- 25. Questions If youdon’t know the answer, say so. Offer to find out. Ask the audience.
- 26. Summary Like mostthings, the best way to learn is to do
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